Sunday 16 December 2007

Volvo XC70 D5 Sport - longer trip

Made a 250mile round trip today - and the XC70 D5 Sport was faultless.

One thing I find strange is that the outside temperature gauge isn't so significant warning - as compared to other cars.. it's just another blue led message. My last Ford Mondeo was yellow in cold conditions and then went red in freezing conditions.

The extra bit of tyre pressure seems to have helped the road noise and fuel consumption on the round trip was ending up as 40mpg.. that is with 2 people on board, and making reasonable progress along the roads (some cruise control at 70mh). The car was sure footed despite the frost conditions.

The car has almost 1000miles on the clock and is doing very well so far.

Now needs a good clean.

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